Next boxing card announced for Sands Bethlehem Event Center

Tomasz Adamek, right, won by TKO over Travis Walker in his most recent heavyweight boxing match at the Prudential Center on Sept. 8, 2012. AP File Photo | TIM LARSEN

The Sands Bethlehem Event Center has announced a boxing card for Saturday, Dec. 22 that will be headlined by a re-match between former world champions Tomasz "Goral" Adamek and Steve "USS" Cunningham.

The winner of the Adamek-Cunningham heavyweight fight will be in line to take on Kubrat Pulev of Germany for the right to be Wladimir Klitschko's next IBF Mandatory opponent for the championship, according to a release from Vision Entertainment Group.

"The IBF's sanction of this fight as part of a heavyweight eliminator adds even more significance to this tremendous bout," promoter Kathy Duva of Main Events, said. "Both Adamek and Cunningham need to win this fight in order to advance toward an eventual title challenge. This match already promised to be an "all or nothing" war. If it is possible, this decision by the IBF has raised the stakes even higher when boxing returns to December 22nd."

The fight, which is being promoted by Main Events and Ziggy Promotions in association with Peltz Boxing, will be televised on NBC. Allentown heavyweight William Miranda and light welterweight Jerome Rodriguez are also scheduled to be on the undercard.

Tickets are priced between $ 50.00 and $ 130.00 and are available at the box office and through Ticketmaster. Additional information on the event can be found at www.sandseventcenter.com.